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enSaverbeans Screensaver Pack 0.2 Released!http://www.java.net/blog/markroth8/archive/2005/06/saverbeans_scre.html
<!-- | 0 --><p>After almost exactly one year of waiting, it's finally here. Version 0.2 of the Saverbeans SDK and Saverbeans Screensaver Pack have just been released!</p>
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You can download the latest SDK from the <a href="https://jdic.dev.java.net/">JDIC</a> project on<br />
java.net:</p>
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<a href="https://jdic.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=1330&amp;expandFolder=1330&amp;folderID=0">https://jdic.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=1330&amp;expandFolder=1330&amp;folderID=0</a></p>
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And of course you can download the latest screensavers from<br />
the <a href="https://screensavers.dev.java.net/">Screensavers</a> project on java.net:</p>
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<a href="https://screensavers.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=0">https://screensavers.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=0</a></p>
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SaverBeans SDK 0.2 has the following new features and bug fixes:</p>
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<li>Added JOGL (OpenGL) Screensaver Startup Kit and corresponding APIs. This allows developers to write OpenGL 3D screensavers in Java!</li>
<li>Added installer generation for Windows screensavers (generates a Nullsoft installer script).</li>
<li>Added a destroy() method to the ScreensaverBase API so that screensavers can release resources before shutting down.</li>
<li>Screensaver now exits on Windows when cursor moves.</li>
<li>Added isFullscreen() API on context object.</li>
<li>Mouse cursor is no longer hidden from preview in Windows.</li>
<li>Multi-monitor support.</li>
<li>Fixed bug in settings dialog when values are out of bounds.</li>
<li>Fixed slow-downs on Linux for some screensavers that use alpha.</li>
<li>Upped minimum JDK requirement to 5.0.</li>
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<p>In addition, the screensaver pack has a brand new installer for Windows (and a nifty Makefile for Unix) and brings the total count from 18 screensavers to 34! Thanks for all your submissions and for your patience as they were added to the pack.</p>
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Let's keep this collection growing!</p>
http://www.java.net/blog/markroth8/archive/2005/06/saverbeans_scre.html#commentsJava DesktopSun, 26 Jun 2005 03:34:28 +0000markroth8233519 at http://www.java.netJSP 2.1 / Faces 1.2 Transcript Availablehttp://www.java.net/blog/markroth8/archive/2004/12/jsp_21_faces_12.html
<!-- | 0 --><p>We had a good turnout for our Dec 7th SDN chat on JSP 2.1 / Faces 1.2, with some excellent questions. The <a href="http://java.sun.com/developer/community/chat/JavaLive/2004/jl1207.html">transcript</a> is now available.</p>
<p>I'd like to invite you to keep the discussion going on our mailing lists at our public <a href="https://jsp-spec-public.dev.java.net/">JSP spec project</a>. Though our scope is limited for the JSP 2.1 release, we're still fairly early in the process and so your feedback has a good chance of influencing the JSP and Faces specifications in some way.</p>
http://www.java.net/blog/markroth8/archive/2004/12/jsp_21_faces_12.html#commentsJava EnterpriseTue, 14 Dec 2004 17:35:34 +0000markroth8232743 at http://www.java.netCome discuss and help shape the future of the J2EE web tier!http://www.java.net/blog/markroth8/archive/2004/12/come_discuss_an.html
<!-- | 0 --><p>On Tuesday Dec 7th at 11:00 AM Pacific, Roger Kitain and I will be hosting a JDC chat on the <a href="http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=252">Faces 1.2</a> and <a href="http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=245">JSP 2.1</a> technologies, which are part of the upcoming <a href="http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=245">J2EE 5.0</a> platform. The focus of these new releases is to improve alignment of the J2EE web tier and to further enhance ease of development. A cornerstone of the new releases is a new, unified expression language API that both technologies share. An early access version of both specifications will be available from the JCP this week.</p>
<p>As co-spec leads of these technologies, we use valuable opportunities like this chat to gather feedback from the Java community. Don't miss this opportunity to ask us questions, express your concerns, and let us know what you think is most important for the J2EE web tier going forward. We look forward to chatting with you!</p>
<p>The chat can be found at <a href="http://java.sun.com/developer/community/chat/index.html">http://java.sun.com/developer/community/chat/index.html</a></p>
http://www.java.net/blog/markroth8/archive/2004/12/come_discuss_an.html#commentsJava EnterpriseMon, 06 Dec 2004 20:25:15 +0000markroth8232704 at http://www.java.netWelcome to the Java Enterprise Community!http://www.java.net/blog/markroth8/archive/2004/06/welcome_to_the.html
<!-- | 0 --><p>With the official release of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform) 1.4 in November 2003 and with the growing success of the <a href="http://community.java.net/javadesktop">Java Desktop</a> and <a href="http://community.java.net/java-ws-xml">Web Services and XML</a> communities on java.net, a number of us at Sun thought "hey, wouldn't it be great to have a community on java.net centered around J2EE applications, components and tools?"</p>
<p>Crawling through the java.net project areas and incubators, we found that people are already contributing dozens of these, but are lacking a home on java.net to bring them all together. We set out to create a place for J2EE software developers to host their projects and find people with expertise and similar interests.</p>
<p>Projects in the Java Enterprise community start out in the <a href="http://enterprise-incubator.dev.java.net">enterprise-incubator</a> and graduate to the <a href="http://java-enterprise.dev.java.net/">java-enterprise</a> project once they have their first release. An <a href="http://enterprise-bootstrapper.dev.java.net/">enterprise-bootstrapper</a> project aims to help get you started with your enterprise projects quickly by providing sample templates for your HTML and project structure. This also helps give a consistent look and feel to the projects in the community. There are links scattered throughout the community with information about how to submit a project or reparent an existing project to this community. Feel free to contact any of the community leaders if you need any help navigating the site.</p>
<p>I am truly excited about this community and its possibilities! Be sure to keep checking the Java Enterprise <a href="http://community.java.net/java-enterprise/">community homepage</a> for news about the community and its projects.</p>
<p>I'm really looking forward to seeing what we, as a community, can create! </p>
http://www.java.net/blog/markroth8/archive/2004/06/welcome_to_the.html#commentsJava EnterpriseTue, 01 Jun 2004 17:11:23 +0000markroth8231679 at http://www.java.net